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radius777

(3,921 posts)
5. Bad move, I think he should run for Senate.
Thu Mar 13, 2025, 04:35 PM
Mar 2025

as I think he'd most likely win. MI is light blue but still difficult to win as it has turned redder over the past decade. Thus we need a strong candidate and I think he'd easily win.

However, as we've seen over and over, president is simply ... different. The swing voters (and even many Dems I'm afraid) won't vote for a gay man for president, even if they may for other offices. I don't think a woman could win either at this point. They somehow believe a gay man or woman can't deal with the likes of Putin and Xi.

Basically (yep, you guessed it) we need to nominate a macho cis het xtian family man for the top of the ticket. White or black. Someone like Mark Kelly, Roy Cooper or Wes Moore.

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I think that getting experience and visibility as a Senator would position him better. SharonAnn Mar 2025 #1
I agree. We need Senate seats to help us with SCOTUS and other judgeships. Jit423 Mar 2025 #10
Let's see a show of hands...who thinks it's worth the risk to run a gay male against Vance? elocs Mar 2025 #12
Are you suggesting that gay males are weak? JoseBalow Mar 2025 #15
Not at all. I am suggesting that there are Democrats who would not vote for a gay male elocs Mar 2025 #17
Luckily.... Think. Again. Mar 2025 #14
I think he should run for Senate and not president. Renew Deal Mar 2025 #2
You heard it here first, Pete Buttigieg will be the next President of the United States. William769 Mar 2025 #3
Better to first run for the Senate, but then the Nazi-in-Chief went straight to the top, soooo.... InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2025 #4
Bad move, I think he should run for Senate. radius777 Mar 2025 #5
Big mistake. Run for Senate. Passages Mar 2025 #6
I think he's a great fit for Senate. But I do not think he makes sense as a 2028 Democratic candidate for Nanjeanne Mar 2025 #7
Good luck electing a gay man as president in this country awesomerwb1 Mar 2025 #8
He's just 43, so there's plenty of time for him to do this later. Xavier Breath Mar 2025 #9
I'd rather see him in the Senate in two years Retrograde Mar 2025 #11
I think it more prudent to prove misanthrope Mar 2025 #13
Pete for Pres! EndlessWire Mar 2025 #16
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